Britain’s favourite view

Feast your eyes on the best views in Britain, as championed by 16 celebrities, from a Waterloo sunset to Hadrian's Wall. Britain’s Favourite View will run as a series next month on ITV1. For more information on the views visit britainsviews.com.
  
  


Britain's best view
Looking across to the Cullin Hills and the entrance to Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Chosen by The Rt Hon Charles Kennedy, MP: "It's a magical place. When you get here ... the only sounds are the breezes, the burns, the birds - you really do feel at peace with yourself and Mother Nature in a location like this."
Photograph: Jonathan Allison/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England.
Chosen by Janet Street Porter: "It's a coastline ravaged by nature and steeped in history, there's a story around every single corner ... you're not just looking at a view, you're standing in the footsteps of kings, and all on one of the most dramatic coastlines nature has to offer."
Photograph: Jaspal Jandu/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Wastwater, Cumbria, England.
Chosen by Coronation Street's Sally Whittaker: "This landscape has fired up the imaginations of painters, poets and climbers. And it's not lost any of its power to surprise, charm and thrill us today."
Photograph: Jaspal Jandu/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Edinburgh from Calton Hill, Lothian, Scotland.
Chosen by Rory Bremner: "The great thing about the Hill is that it has a near 360 degree view. But the best view of all takes in the Pentland Hills in the South, the Old Town and the Royal Mile to Prince's Street and the Scott Monument and ... the magnificent castle, it's a fantastic view."
Photograph: Chris Close/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Seven Sisters, East Sussex, England.

Chosen by Des Lynam: "The Seven Sisters cliffs sum up everything that makes Britain great: ravaged by the English Channel, witnessed historical battles and have some of the most dangerous cliff edges in Britain. But for me, this remains one of the most peaceful places on earth."
Photograph: David Sellman/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Chosen by Eddie Irvine: "Swept constantly by Atlantic weather, every single day is different. For trees, and oceans and hills and greenery it's hard to beat."
Photograph: Joe Cornish/Northern Ireland Tourist Board/National Trust Photo Library
Britain's best view
Blackpool seafront, Lancashire, England.
Chosen by David Dickinson: "It is the most popular family seaside resort in the country. Forget the Eiffel Tower, this is the greatest tower in the world!"
Photograph: Joe Cornish/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Hadrian's Wall towards Housesteads Fort, Northumberland, England.
Chosen by Clive Anderson: "What makes this place truly fascinating is the way that natural beauty and human history are combined in an area of truly epic beauty."
Photograph: Rod Edwards/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Three Graces, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Chosen by Jamie Redknapp: "I look at Liverpool not as city but a country in itself, the people are different there, they are very proud and passionate."
Photograph: Pawel Libera/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.

Chosen by Vic Reeves : "For me, ... it has to be the sight of the midsummer sun rising over Stonehenge. How could I not choose the same one that the people who built this place would have enjoyed themselves when they finished it 3000 years ago?"
Photograph: David Noton/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Tyne Bridges, Newcastle Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.
Chosen by actors Tim Healy And Denise Welch: "Life here has always revolved around the river ... the brilliant engineering of (the) seven bridges. (Plus) there is the Norman castle, wonderful medieval buildings and the Georgian splendour of Grey Street, recently voted the best street in Britain."
Photograph: Graeme Peacock/Britain on view
Britain's best view
Three Cliffs Bay, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales.
Chosen by Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins: "Three Cliffs is so intimate and cosy. It gives me the feeling of being hugged. This view has everything - it has the sea, it has the cliffs and the marshes."
Photograph: V K Guy/Mike Guy/Britain on view
Britain's best view
View from Waterloo Bridge, London, England.

Chosen by Meera Syal: "Hearing Ray Davies (The Kinks) sing of being 'in paradise' I had visions of a view ... which sounded to me like the best place you could ever hope to be. When I finally came here I found it was every bit that good."
Photograph: Pawel Liber/Britain on view/VisitLondon Images
Britain's best view
Upper Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.
Chosen by opera singer Lesley Garrett: "This is a landscape with a story to tell. It's a story of a relationship between man and nature over thousands of years."
Photograph: Alan Novelli/Britain on view
Britain's best view
St Ives Harbour, Cornwall, England.
Chosen by Rolf Harris: "Wonderful white sand ... higgledy piggledy different coloured buildings in absolutely impossible disarray, so when you try to paint them ... you can't do it! It's just lovely and, when it's lit by the sun with the gorgeous darker blue of the sea beyond it, it's like a glittering diamond."
Photograph: Phillip Fenton/Britain on view
Britain's best view
The Royal Crescent, Bath, Avon, England.
Chosen by Sir Ranulph Fiennes: "To me, Bath encapsulates all that is best about Britain. The views, the architecture, the ancient history, tasteful, modernising, vibrant culture, plenty of sport interest, it's all there."
Photograph: David Sellman/Britain on view
 

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